SOMEbody’s GETtin’ in TROUble….

The website for the LCWR (Leadership Conference of Women Religious) is down. Down like a clown with a frown. Don’t know if it got hacked, if the server got hammered by interested people looking it up, if somebody didn’t pay the ISP bill, or if the bishops ordered it taken down… but it’s down.

Man, must be nice to be so steeped in holy poverty as to have a color newsletter. (I’m okay with color newsletters for giving out to donors, because that’s marketing. Sending out professional newsletters that only go to other religious orders, I don’t see the point.) An aesthetically fluffy newsletter, at that.

UPDATE: CatholicBuckeye says it’s back up, but their site certificate is outdated. So you’ll get a warning, but it should be safe to click through. (I think they have a site certificate because of the member login section mentioned in their newsletters.)

The Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity that you linked to appear to be certifiable nutcases. This from the Vocations page, which I visited out of morbid curiosity:

“We commit ourselves to a genuine Franciscan identity, being sensitive to cultural identities and values, and rooting out prejudice in all its forms in ourselves and in those to whom we are sent. As you gaze on the crucifix, do you hear the voice of the Spirit as She spoke to Francis over 800 years ago, ‘Go, rebuild my Church.'”

“She”? The Holy Spirit is a “she” now?? Who are you people and what have you done with the REAL nuns?!